Anybody have a recommendation for a hotspot "appliance" I can use to give people free access to internet? This is for emergency preparedness, when terrestrial inrernet is down, our community radio station wants people to allow people to park in our parking lot to be able to hit internet, do calling over WiFi, etc. We have starlink, but on our island, cable providers are often down because of cable cuts, etc. We need to have logging and to have terms and conditions accepting to allow access.

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Maybe the #meshtastic space has the answer? Not sure though

Once you figure out the access management, the Starlink will do that for you, right?

I’m assuming cellular network based solutions do not meet your design criteria.

No, cellular has the same problem as cable since fiber is needed to the towers.

starlink can do a captive portal.. maybe that is worth trying before a second device.

https://starlink.readme.io/docs/wifi-captive-portal

Issue is we need to use starlink for our stuff. We have to isolate "guests"

Excuse for my ignorance as I’m trying to learn, but if you have Starlink why do you require cable? TY!